False killer whale

Pseudorca crassidens

LENGTH Up to 6 m / 18 ft

DORSAL FIN Curved, black

APPEARANCE All black body; small, rounded head; long, slightly bent pectoral flippers

BEHAVIOUR Extremely social, usually in large groups of 20-100; in B.C. lone animals have been observed; may breach, bowride, or porpoise

Photos by A. Phillips, DFO, R. Baird and R. Butler. Illustrations by A. Denbigh, not to scale.